Tuesday, October 22, 2024

The prince who is not a prince aug 22, 2012

 

her students loved her

 or so the old story goes

a lady who challenged them

without being cruel

her book bag filled with volumes

 of Whitman and Blake

 a girl who might have lived

a life of Cinderella if she could find

 a dove to bare her wishes

 a gown to wear to the ball

 a coach with horses fine

yet no Prince emerged

to carry a slipper for her

to fit her feet

plenty of suitors

including the fool

who took from her

 what she would not give

and plunged her back into

the harsh world of cinders and sadness

what a fool that man was

 to have received her Grace's

 and this was not enough

 he needed to seize her

and own her and control her

 and in the end destroyed

 that part of her which gave him trust

 why couldn't he be happy

with what she had offered

what she gave

 why did he trade it all the way

to get nothing but grief

no Prince was he

 


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